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A permanent possibility of selfishness arises from the mere fact of having a self, and not from any accidents of education or ill-treatment. And the weakness of all Utopias is this, that they take the greatest difficulty of man and assume it to be overcome, and then give an elaborate account of the overcoming of the smaller ones. They first assume that no man will

—G. K. Chesterton

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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English journalist, novelist, essayist, poet, and Christian apologist. Chesterton's wit, paradoxical style, and defence of tradition made him a dominant figure in early 20th-century literature.

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How much larger your life would be if your self could become smaller in it; if you could really look at other men with common curiosity and pleasure; if you could see them walking as they are in their sunny selfishness and their virile indifference! You would begin to be interested in them, because they were not interested in you. You would break out of this tiny and tawdry theater in which your own little plot is always being played, and you would find yourself under a freer sky, in a street full of splendid strangers.

—G. K. Chesterton

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